'Bread and Circuses' (eBook, PDF)

Euergetism and municipal patronage in Roman Italy
Redaktion: Cornell, Tim; Lomas, Kathryn

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities, as well as expecting leading citizens to pay for 'bread and circuses' - free food and public entertainment. This collection of essays by leading scholars from the UK and USA explores the important phenomenon of benefaction and public patronage in Roman Italy.
Ranging from the late republican period to the later Roman Empire, the contributions cover a wide range of topics, including the impact of benefactions and benefactors on the urban development of Roman Italy, on cultural and economic activity, and on the changing role of games and festivals in Roman society. They also explore the relationship between communities and their benefactors, whether these were local notables, senators, or the emperor himself, and examine how the nature of benefaction changed under the Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134756322
• Artikelnr.: 42726230

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Euergetism and Municipal Patronage in Imperial Italy
Kathryn Lomas
University of Newcastle and Tim Cornell
University of Manchester; 1. The Patron As Banker
Thomas Wiedemann
University of Nottingham; 2. Public building and urban renewal in Early Imperial Italy
Kathryn Lomas; 3. Theatres and amphitheatres in Roman and Italy
Clare Holleran
University of Manchester; 4. Euergetism in its place: Where was the amphitheatre in Augustan Rome? Kathleen M. Coleman
Harvard University; 5. The Emperor and the cities of Italy
John R. Patterson
Magdalen College
Cambridge; 6. Imperial building at Rome: The role of Constantine
David Hunt
University of Durham; 7. Favor Populi: Pagans
Christians and public entertainment in Late Antique Italy
Jill Harries
University of St Andrews; 8. Restored Utility
Eternal City: Patronal imagery at Rome in the fourth century A.D. Rowland Smith
University of Newcastle